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Food, fun andactive play for Tiny Tots

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Parent/carer resources ‘active play’

This resource forms part of the ‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Early Years toolkit.

These downloadable resources are designed to

be given to parents/carers to encourage them to

spend time with their toddler, using food or active

play as a focus. Children should be involved in all

the activities, and where possible, the activities

should be child led.

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’

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Creative Fun with Food

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Parent/carer resources ‘active play’


ContentsSpring The Great Big Egg Hunt Socks and BasketsBUGS and BEASTIES!Let’s Start Growing

Summer Outdoor GamesMore Fun OutsideThe Blanket Train Messy Play

Autumn Indoor Ideas Nature Walk Songs and Music Pillow Mountain

Winter Out and AboutGo Indoor Skating! Snowman DanceToddler Twister

Make scrambled

eggs on toast

or boiled eggs

for tea

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ Spring

The Great Big Egg Hunt

Toddlers love to learn and active toddlers are learning to love exercise!

Try these activities with your children to keep them active, burn up their energy and have fun.


Indoor play

Outdoor play

The Great Big Egg Hunt1. Hard boil eggs and let them go cold.

2. Let the children paint and decorate their eggs.

3. When the paint is dry hide them indoors or outdoors (depending on weather) and let the children hunt for them.


Socks and Baskets 1. Set out a large laundry basket or box and several pairs of socks

rolled into balls.

2. Have your child gently toss the sock balls into the box or laundry basket one at a time then fetch them out again. You can count them in and out as you go.

3. Let your child discover how far away he/she can stand from the box or basket and still toss the sock balls inside of it.

4. Sitting on the floor a little way apart you can gently roll the sock balls to each other; rolling them to either side makes your child stretch and reach.

Indoor play

Outdoor play

Socks and Baskets



Indoor play

Outdoor play

BUGS and BEASTIES!1. Encourage the children to travel around the room

like their favorite bug: butterfly, spider, ant, bee, frog, worm, grasshopper etc.

2. Make a simple obstacle course for your bugs to crawl through and around. Climb over cushions, wriggle round the table, ‘flutter’ between the chairs, jump and hop to the door and back.

3. Recite some bug songs or rhymes as the children crawl around.

Little Wiggle Worm Song Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little wiggle worm, watch me go!

I can wiggle fast, or very very slow

I wiggle all around, then back I go

Down into the ground, to the home I know!

~Author Unknown

Wiggly worms – children lie on the floor, with their hands at their sides and see how far they can ‘wiggle’ like a worm.

BUGS and BEASTIES!



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Outdoor play

Let’s Start Growing Lots of things start growing in Spring.

Go for a walk and point out all the things that are coming to life again after winter: buds on the trees, daffodils, etc.

Then grow some easy things below:

1. Plant sunflower seeds

Pick up a cheap packet of seeds next time you shop.

Put some soil into an empty yogurt pot.

Place in a warm sunny spot.

Water and watch them grow!

2. Plant Carrot Tops

Cut the top off a carrot and place it in a saucer of water near the window, keep the water topped up and watch it grow.

3. Grow your own garlic

Split a bulb of garlic into cloves and plant in an old yogurt pot filled with soil, keep damp and watch it grow!

Let’s Start Growing


Outdoor Games

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ SummerF6021011 WAG11-10897 © Crown copyright 2011

1. Summer Treasure HuntsChildren love to hunt for things, hide a toy, some small apples, larger bits of a jigsaw and then call out warmer, colder as the child gets near or far from the hiding place.

2. Water PlayIf it’s warm enough take buckets of water outside or fill a paddling pool or play in a sprinkler. (Remember sun cream and suitable clothing; do not leave children unattended in/near water).

3. Play the Traffic Lights Game (can be played indoors too)

Using the three traffic light colours of red, amber and green tell the child what to do.

- Red - Standing still. - Amber - Running on the spot. - Green - Running around the room.

Once the children have got used to the three traffic light colours, you can add other things.

- Roundabout - must run round in a small circle. - Speed bump - jump in the air before running on. - Reverse - run backwards. - Traffic jam - run slowly. - Road clear (used after traffic jam) - run around

normally.

Outdoor play

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Outdoor play


Fun Outside1. Play follow the leader: walking, skipping, running,

hopping etc. Then let them take the lead or just run around in circles laughing and enjoying yourself.

Your child will copy you then begin to amuse themselves with the things you have shown them.

2. Play tig/tag or hide and seek

3. Play ‘pop’ the bubbles

Blow bubbles for the children to run around and ‘pop’. They can count as they ‘pop’ too.

More Fun Outside

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ Summer


Indoor play

Outdoor play

The Blanket Train1. Take an old blanket or large towel and ask your

toddler to sit on it.

2. Pull them gently along and they will love the feeling of being dragged slowly across the floor.

3. Show them how to do it with their doll or toy.

The Blanket Train



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Outdoor play

Messy Play


Messy PlayTake toys outside and enjoy messy play!

• Use push and pull toys (play brooms, vacuum cleaners, dolls prams etc).

• Get out the trikes.

• Imitate adults at work (mowing the lawn, using tools).

• Play with shape sorters and other floor toys outside.

• Draw on large sheets of paper, use rolls of wallpaper.

• Go ‘foot’ painting e.g. stomp, jump, tip toe.

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Autumn can be a lovely season but as the weather turns colder and wetter you may be spending more time indoors.

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‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ AutumnF6021011 WAG11-10897 © Crown copyright 2011

Indoor Ideas 1. Make an indoor obstacle

course: jump over the cushion, run around the table, crawl behind chairs. You can make it into an adventure story!

2. Put an old sheet between two chairs to make a den.

3. Play the Jelly Beans Game!

This is for children aged 2-3. The adult does the actions with the children copying.

• Broad Bean: Arms and legs wide apart.

• Runner Bean: Running on the spot.

• Jumping Bean: Jumping feet together from side to side.

• Chilli Bean: Standing legs together arms across each other hands rubbing opposite arms to keep warm.

• Beans on toast: Curled up on the floor, arms and legs tucked in.

• Jelly Bean: Moving body in a swaying movement from the head down to look like a jelly wobbling.

• Baked Bean: Lying down flat on your back as though you were sunbathing.

Indoor Ideas

Nature Walk 1. Go on a nature walk to the park or open space.

2. Collect these plus any other leaves and twigs, dried flowers etc.

3. Make then into pictures by sticking them to card or paper when you get home or make a ‘Feely’ Box (shoe box with lid and hole cut in the side) with the things you have collected on your walk and children can take turns to put their hand in and guess what it might be!

4. If it’s windy take a kite to the park or open space and link this with a suitable book.

Outdoor play


Nature Walk

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ Autumn

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The Apple Tree Sing to the tune of: “Rock-a-bye Baby”

Here is a tree with leaves so green.

Actions (Forearms together, elbows to wrists, hands spread).

Here are the apples that hang between.

Actions (Clench fists for apples).

When the wind blows the apples will fall.

Actions (Wave arms in the wind and let apples fall suddenly).

Here is a basket to gather them all.

~Author unknown

Songs and Music

Action Poem Red and yellow green and brown.

Action (Count off colour on the fingers).

Leaves are falling to the ground.

Action (Simulate falling leaves with hands).

We pile them up OH SO HIGH!

Action (Pile up leaves with hands).

Then we JUMP in, my dog and I!

Action (Pretend to jump in leaves).

~Author unknown



Indoor play

Pillow Mountain 1. Pile as many pillows, blankets, cushions

as you can spare into a ‘mountain’. Make sure the pile is not near any sharp corners or hard surface that your child will get hurt on.

2. Your child will love climbing the ‘mountain’ and rolling back down!

Children love playing inside a cardboard box, let them decorate it and take a blanket or toys inside.

Pillow Mountain


Outdoor play

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ WinterF6021011 WAG11-10897 © Crown copyright 2011

Out and About in Winter1. Wrap up warm and go for a walk or to the park; the ducks need

feeding in winter.

2. Take a football to an open space or to the park and have a run around to keep warm, play tig/tag or hide and seek.

3. If it’s snowing wrap up and go outside and build a snow man.

Out and About

Indoor play


Go Indoor Skating!You’ll need...

• Any shiny paper.

1. Imagine your room as an ice rink and tell the children that the shiny paper is slippery and these are magic skates.

2. These magic skates will work better if they keep their feet on the paper and glide.

3. You can play some music too.

Go Indoor Skating!

‘Food, fun and active play for Tiny Tots’ Parent/carer resources ‘active play’ Winter

5 Little Snowmen You’ll need...

• Lots of different hats.

Five little snowmen fat. Each with a funny hat. Action (Point to head).

Out came the sun. Action (Arms wide).


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Outdoor play

And melted one, What a sad thing was that! DOWN DOWN DOWN! Action (Exaggerated slow melting to the floor).

Repeat four, three, two, and one little snowmen etc.

~ Author unknown

Snowman Dance


Indoor play


‘Toddler Twister’ 1. Place a large coloured square, circle and triangle on the floor

and ask children to jump on to the shape, or touch their nose to the square etc.

2. Ask them to put their hands on one shape and a foot on the other etc.

3. Show by example how twisted you can get, then fall down!!

Toddler Twister


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